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Animals at the extremes: the desert environment
Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

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Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • define and use, or recognise definitions and applications of, each of the bold terms

  • provide examples that show there is a continuum of desert climates and environments that link to diversity of flora and fauna

  • explain, with examples, the thermoregulatory strategies of evaders, evaporators and endurers, and interpret relevant data

  • describe the importance of integration of behaviour, anatomy, physiology and biochemistry in the study of animals that live in deserts

  • explain physiological mechanisms of water conservation and cooling in named evaders, evaporators and endurers, and interpret relevant data.